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Exodus 23:2

NETBible	“You must not follow a crowd¹ in doing evil things;² in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,³
NIV © biblegateway Exo 23:2	"Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,
NASB © biblegateway Exo 23:2	"You shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice;
NLT © biblegateway Exo 23:2	"Do not join a crowd that intends to do evil. When you are on the witness stand, do not be swayed in your testimony by the opinion of the majority.
MSG © biblegateway Exo 23:2	Don't go along with the crowd in doing evil and don't fudge your testimony in a case just to please the crowd.
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 23:2	Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 23:2	You shall not follow a majority in wrongdoing; when you bear witness in a lawsuit, you shall not side with the majority so as to pervert justice;
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 23:2	"You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice .
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KJV	Thou shalt not follow <0310> a multitude <07227> to [do] evil <07451>_; neither shalt thou speak <06030> (8799) in a cause <07379> to decline <05186> (8800) after <0310> many <07227> to wrest <05186> (8687) [judgment]: {speak: Heb. answer}
NASB © biblegateway Exo 23:2	"You shall not follow <01961> <310> the masses <07227> in doing evil <07463> , nor <03808> shall you testify <06030> in a dispute <07379> so as to turn <05186> aside <05186> after <0310> a multitude <07227> in order to pervert <05186> justice;
LXXM	ouk <3364> ADV esh <1510> V-FMI-2S meta <3326> PREP pleionwn <4183> A-GPM epi <1909> PREP kakia <2549> N-DSF ou <3364> ADV prosteyhsh <4369> V-FPI-2S meta <3326> PREP plhyouv <4128> N-GSN ekklinai <1578> V-AAN meta <3326> PREP pleionwn <4183> A-GPM wste <5620> CONJ ekklinai <1578> V-AAN krisin <2920> N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	“You must not <03808> follow <0310> <01961> a crowd <07227> in doing evil <07451> things; in <05921> a lawsuit <07379> you must not <03808> offer <06030> testimony that agrees <05186> with <0310> a crowd <07227> so as to pervert <05186> justice,
HEBREW	tjhl <05186> Mybr <07227> yrxa <0310> tjnl <05186> br <07379> le <05921> hnet <06030> alw <03808> terl <07451> Mybr <07227> yrxa <0310> hyht <01961> al (23:2) <03808>

NETBible

“You must not follow a crowd¹ in doing evil things;² in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,³

NET Notes

¹tn The word רָבִּים (rabbim), here rendered “crowd,” is also used infrequently to refer to the “mighty,” people of importance in society (Job 35:9; cf. Lev 19:15).

²tn For any individual to join a group that is bent on acting wickedly would be a violation of the Law and would incur personal responsibility.

³tn Heb “you will not answer in a lawsuit to turn after the crowd to turn.” The form translated “agrees with” (Heb “to turn after”) is a Qal infinitive construct from נָטָה (natah); the same root is used at the end of the verse but as a Hiphil infinitive construct, “to pervert [justice].”